I “made” myself a German keyboard!
One $20 Bluetooth keyboard and a set of $9 keyboard stickers – and voila. Considerably less expensive than a real one and excellent as an experiment.
It’s perfect paired with my phone (except for the odd symbol, which I’m unlikely to use anyway) and hopefully helps somewhat with the neck.
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Alas, the neck and shoulder pain returned, quite soon after I posted about how delightful it was to be pain free.
This is not entirely unexpected but unpleasant nonetheless. It’s difficult not be annoyed at myself for getting to this place**. I’m trying to show myself a bit of kindness.
I’m very happy to have a physio appointment on Tuesday!
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** of absolutely no exercise and extreme sedentariness – which have contributed, but are not entirely the cause.
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Rowan kidsilk haze definitely does not appreciate being unravelled.
It is quite fragile and sticky^^ and is not inclined to take kindly to even gentle attempts to detangle – breaking early and often.
I’m currently knitting the knitlab minimal lace scarf in the flamingo (713) colourway.
Knitting this is extremely maddening and extremely enjoyable at the same time. And this evening I realised that I’d made an error in every second of the last 20(ish) rows. Immediately after congratulating myself for a good run without mistakes.
I was a little unsettled to read the recommendation in the pattern (only after buying it) to knit with garter stitch because the stocking stitch sample pulled and curled so much. The stocking stitch sample was the thing that attracted me, so I’m persisting. It is definitely pulling and curling and I am not certain this will block out.
I’m actually not sure I’ll even wear this scarf, so it is unclear why I am continuing. Likely at this point it is unwillingness to let it defeat me.
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^^ as in sticks to itself like a very enthusiastic burr, not sticky as in slimy.
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Soothing evening skies.
The air smells of smoke from hazard reduction burns.
Hopefully we’ll not have 2019 all over again.
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on the way to the physio
Monday’s appointment with the new physio was excellent.
She was very sympathetic to the horrendous state of my neck and shoulders and really seemed to understand what is going on. In essence my hyper flexibility and not having a good scaffolding of muscles means there’s a lot of stress on my neck and shoulders and this is impacting all sorts of things including my breathing and my jaw clenching.
She also gave poor neck a very good working over. And the relief! I’ve been in a good deal of pain for many weeks and while I’m still a little fragile, to not be in perpetual discomfort is wonderful.
Right now I’ve got very gentle rehab exercises and directions to do simple things like changing how I sit and being conscious of the position of my shoulders.
There’s a long but positive road ahead and a good deal of Pilates in my future (but not for a while yet).
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“Strong vacuum suction”
“Perfect for cats and dogs”
This is not likely to end well.
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As part of my get-out-for-a-daily-walk in September I’m challenging myself to take at least one photo.
Spotted on today’s walk to the station – at the moment I’m counting anything that gets me outside as a daily walk! The bar is low.
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Pleasing colours – spotted on the morning walk.
I’ve an appointment with a new physio tomorrow about the agony which is my neck. I’ve been in considerable pain for weeks now and there has been very little improvement.
Hopefully I come back with a solid plan to move beyond it! It’s testing all my positive vibes.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: a selection of jazz classics.
Standing ovation.
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It’s the first day of Spring!
My intentions for the month/season are daily movement, taking time for introspection, more diverse creative endeavours, and not spending over an hour every morning mindlessly scrolling Pinterest.
Mostly movement though.
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